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WEDNESDAY 12
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Anthony B Independent. 9pm, $25.
Buxter Hoot’n, Mark Matos and Os Beaches, Magic Leaves Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Family Stone Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $26.
Foolproof Four Grant and Green. 8pm, free.
Gypsy Moonlight, Horror-X Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $5.
Makepeace Brothers, Essence, Love Isabel Café Du Nord. 8:30pm, $10.
Otis Taylor Band Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Sprains, Hail the Sun, Daikon El Rio. 8pm, $5.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Gaucho, Michael Abraham Amnesia. 7pm, free.
Little Vamp Tomato and friends Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Ben Marcato and the Mondo Combo Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
Vanessa Tomlinson zBug Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell, SF; www.meridiangallery.com. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
*Willie Nelson Fillmore. 8pm, $55.
New World Ape, Osseynou Kouyate Yoshi’s San Francisco Lounge. 9pm, $7.
DANCE CLUBS
Booty Call Q-Bar, 456 Castro, SF; www.bootycallwednesdays.com. 9pm. Juanita Moore hosts this dance party, featuring DJ Robot Hustle.
Cannonball Beauty Bar. 10pm, free. Rock, indie, and nu-disco with DJ White Mike.
Hands Down! Bar on Church. 9pm, free. With DJs Claksaarb, Mykill, and guests spinning indie, electro, house, and bangers.
Jam Fresh Wednesdays Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; (415) 433-8585. 9:30pm, free. With DJs Slick D, Chris Clouse, Rich Era, Don Lynch, and more spinning top40, mashups, hip hop, and remixes. Mary-Go-Round Lookout, 3600 16th St, SF; (415) 431-0306. 10pm, $5. A weekly drag show with hosts Cookie Dough, Pollo Del Mar, and Suppositori Spelling.
Obey the Kitty Vessel, 85 Campton, SF; www.vesselsf.com. 9pm, free. All genres of music from DJ Cobra with a fashion element provided by Betsey Johnson.
Respect Wednesdays End Up. 10pm, $5. Rotating DJs Daddy Rolo, Young Fyah, Irie Dole, I-Vier, Sake One, Serg, and more spinning reggae, dancehall, roots, lovers rock, and mash ups.
“Subcon and Beyond Fest” Elbo Room. 8:30pm, $20. With Cevin Key, Tokyo Decadence, Dead Voices on Air, and more.
Synchronize Il Pirata, 2007 16th St, SF; (415) 626-2626. 10pm, free. Psychedelic dance music with DJs Helios, Gatto Matto, Psy Lotus, Intergalactoid, and guests.
THURSDAY 13
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Chris Kid Anderson Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
Family Stone Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $20-26.
Floozy, Influence, Trillick Kimo’s. 9pm.
Love Dimension Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free.
Michael Musicka, Obo Martin, F Pod B Pod Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Reverse Gravity, Mavalour, Whiskey Pils Fiasco Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Trainwreck Riders, Jesse Morris and the Man Cougars, Cutter, Slow Poisoner Eagle Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
“SF Jazz Hotplate Series” Amnesia. 9pm.
Stompy Jones Top of the Mark. 7:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Beauty Operators Bluegrass Band 50 Mason Social House, 50 Mason, SF; (415) 433-5050. 9pm, free.
Jarrod Dickenson, Dave Hanley Club Waziema, 543 Divisadero, SF; (415) 346-6641. 8pm.
Huun Huur Tu Great American Music Hall. 8pm, $26.
Kentucky Twisters Atlas Café. 8pm, free.
Possum and Lester, Earl Brothers, Hang Jones, Walking in Sunlight Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10-20.
Ziva Red Poppy Art House. 7pm, $10-15.
DANCE CLUBS
Afrolicious Elbo Room. 9:30pm, $10. DJs Pleasuremaker and Señor Oz spin Afrobeat, tropicália, electro, samba, and funk.
CakeMIX SF Wish, 1539 Folsom, SF; www.wishsf.com. 10pm, free. DJ Carey Kopp spinning funk, soul, and hip hop.
Caribbean Connection Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; (415) 643-3558. 10pm, $3. DJ Stevie B and guests spin reggae, soca, zouk, reggaetón, and more.
Drop the Pressure Underground SF. 6-10pm, free. Electro, house, and datafunk highlight this weekly happy hour.
Good Foot Som., 2925 16th St, SF; (415) 558-8521. 10pm, free. With resident DJs Haylow, A-Ron, Prince Aries, Boogie Brown, Ammbush, plus food carts and community creativity.
Guilty Pleasures Gestalt, 3159 16th St, SF; (415) 560-0137. 9:30pm, free. DJ TophZilla, Rob Metal, DJ Stef, and Disco-D spin punk, metal, electro-funk, and 80s.
Jivin’ Dirty Disco Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 8pm, free. With DJs spinning disco, funk, and classics.
Kissing Booth Make-Out Room. 9pm, free. DJs Jory, Commodore 69, and more spinning indie dance, disco, 80’s, and electro.
Koko Puffs Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm, free. Dubby roots reggae and Jamaican funk from rotating DJs.
Motion Sickness Vertigo, 1160 Polk, SF; (415) 674-1278. 10pm, free. Genre-bending dance party with DJs Sneaky P, Public Frenemy, and D_Ro Cyclist.
Peaches Skylark, 10pm, free. With an all female DJ line up featuring Deeandroid, Lady Fingaz, That Girl, and Umami spinning hip hop.
Popscene Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15. With Wombats and Magician plus DJs Aaron and Omar.
FRIDAY 14
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Seth Augustus Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
Colin L. Orchestra, Common Eider King Eider, CSC Funkband Hemlock Tavern. 9:30pm, $7.
DRI Slim’s. 8pm, $17.
English Beat, Impalers AKA Bimbo’s 365 Club. 9pm, $30.
Infamous Stringdusters, Arann Harris and the Farm Band Independent. 9pm, $14.
Dennis Jones Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Chaka Khan, Chrisette Michele Warfield. 8pm.
Maus Haus, Sleeptalks, DJ Neil Martinson Knockout. 9pm, $7.
La Plebe Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $12.
*Public Enemy Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $40.
Martha Reeves Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-45.
Still Flyin’, Social Studies, La Corde Rickshaw Stop. 8:30pm, $10.
Sweet Apple, Dead Meadow, Carlton Melton Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $15.
Tortured Genies, Lambs, Coconut El Rio. 9pm, $5.
Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Thrive Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $16.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Black Market Jazz Orchestra Top of the Mark. 9pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
California Honeydrops Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $15.
DANCE CLUBS
Club Dope’s Dope Ass Winter Ball II Club Six. 9pm, $10. Hip-hop with Planet Asia, Dub Esquire, and more.
Exhale, Fridays Project One Gallery, 251 Rhode Island, SF; (415) 465-2129. 5pm, $5. Happy hour with art, fine food, and music with Vin Sol, King Most, DJ Centipede, and Shane King.
Fat Stack Fridays Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm, free. With rotating DJs B-Cause, Vinnie Esparza, Mr. Robinson, Toph One, and Slopoke.
Fubar Fridays Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5. With DJs spinning retro mashup remixes.
Good Life Fridays Apartment 24, 440 Broadway, SF; (415) 989-3434. 10pm, $10. With DJ Brian spinning hip hop, mashups, and top 40.
Heartical Roots Bollywood Café. 9pm, $5. Recession friendly reggae.
Hot Chocolate Milk. 9pm, $5. With DJs Big Fat Frog, Chardmo, DuseRock, and more spinning old and new school funk.
Hubba Hubba Revue: Soviet Union DNA Lounge. 9pm, $10-15. Bolshevik burlesque and communist comedy.
Indy Slash Amnesia. 10pm. With DJ Danny White.
Rockabilly Fridays Jay N Bee Club, 2736 20th St, SF; (415) 824-4190. 9pm, free. With DJs Rockin’ Raul, Oakie Oran, Sergio Iglesias, and Tanoa “Samoa Boy” spinning 50s and 60s Doo Wop, Rockabilly, Bop, Jive, and more.
Some Thing Stud. 10pm, $7. VivvyAnne Forevermore, Glamamore, and DJ Down-E give you fierce drag shows and afterhours dancing.
Treat ‘Em Right Elbo Room. 10pm, $5. DJs Vinnie Esparza and B. Cause spin hip-hop, funk, and reggae.
Vintage Orson, 508 Fourth St, SF; (415) 777-1508. 5:30-11pm, free. DJ TophOne and guest spin jazzy beats for cocktalians.
SATURDAY 15
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Nicki Bluhm, Blank Tapes, Dave Mulligan, DJ Charles Gonzalez Café Du Nord. 9:30pm, $12.
Budos Band Independent. 9pm, $20.
Company Car, Seeking Empire, Please Do Not Fight Bottom of the Hill. 10pm, $10.
Crocodiles, Fresh and Onlys, Magic Bullets Slim’s. 9pm, $15.
Dashboard Confessional, Chris Conley, Lady Danville Regency Ballroom. 8pm, $28.
Fawnmower, Butch Berry, Symbolic Jews Brainwash, 1122 Folsom, SF; (415) 861-3663. 9pm, free.
Gestapo Khazi, Airfix Kits, Better Maker, Culture Corpse Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $7.
K-9, Earwigs Thee Parkside. 3pm, free.
*Neurosis, YOB, U.S. Christmas Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21.
Public Enemy Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $40.
Reducers SF, Meat Sluts, Complaints, Paper Bags Thee Parkside. 9pm, $7.
Martha Reeves Rrazz Room. 8pm, $40-45.
Lavay Smith Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $20.
Wee the Band, Aaron Blyth El Rio. 6pm, free.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Blue Belles Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness, SF; www.sfperformances.org. 8pm, $30-45.
zBug Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell, SF; www.meridiangallery.com. 8pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Charming Hostess Red Poppy Art House. 8pm, $12-20.
One Soul Music Collective Plough and Stars. 9pm, $6.
Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod Atlas Café. 4pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Bar on Church 9pm. Rotating DJs Foxxee, Joseph Lee, Zhaldee, Mark Andrus, and Nuxx.
Bootie: The Donner Party DNA Lounge. 9pm, $6-12. Mash-ups with a stage-show-meets-DJ-set paying tribute to cannibal pioneers by John!John!
Fire Corner Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 9:30pm, free. Rare and outrageous ska, rocksteady, and reggae vinyl with Revival Sound System and guests.
Fringe Madrone Art Bar. 9pm, $5. Indie music video dance party with DJ Blondie K and subOctave.
Full House Gravity, 3505 Scott, SF; (415) 776-1928. 9pm, $10. With DJs Roost Uno and Pony P spinning dirty hip hop.
HYP Club Eight, 1151 Folsom, SF; www.eightsf.com. 10pm, free. Gay and lesbian hip-hop party, featuring DJs spinning the newest in the top 40s hip hop and hyphy.
Non Stop Bhangra Rickshaw Stop. 9pm, $15. Bhangra beats with live drumming and dancing.
Rock City Butter, 354 11th St., SF; (415) 863-5964. 6pm, $5 after 10pm. With DJs spinning party rock.
Saturday Night Soul Party Elbo Room. 10pm, $5-10. Sixties soul with DJs Lucky, Phengren Oswald, and Paul Paul.
Spirit Fingers Sessions 330 Ritch. 9pm, free. With DJ Morse Code and live guest performances.
Strobe Deco Lounge, 510 Larkin, SF; www.decosf.com. 9pm. Disco with DJ Tweaka Turner, BeBe Sweetbriar, and Duplicity Dilemma.
SUNDAY 16
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Bad Books, Right Away Great Captain!, Gobotron Biscuits and Blues. 7:30pm, $17.
“Battle of the Bands” DNA Lounge. 5:30pm, $12. With Swain Turay, Mahgeetah, Genius of Jack, and more.
Budos Band Independent. 9pm, $20.
Cowboy Mouth, Dash Rip Rock Slim’s. 8pm, $22.
Gregory Douglass, Acoustic Minds Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10-25.
Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town Yoshi’s San Francisco. 7pm, $30.
*Neurosis, Saviours, U.S. Christmas Great American Music Hall. 9pm, $21.
Rantouls, Wrong Words, Tropical Sleep Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Martha Reeves Rrazz Room. 7pm, $40-45.
Twice as Good Biscuits and Blues. 8 and 10pm, $15.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Michael Zisman, Larry Vuckovich, Nat Johnson Bliss Bar, 4026 24th St, SF; www.blissbarsf.com. 4:30pm, $10.
FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY
Everlovin’, Coburns Thee Parkside. 4pm, free.
Woody Pines Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 9pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
DiscoFunk Mashups Cat Club. 10pm, free. House and 70’s music.
Dub Mission Elbo Room. 9pm, $15. Dub, roots, and classic dancehall with DJs Sep and guest Zion Train featuring Neil Perch and Rocker T.
Gloss Sundays Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 7pm. With DJ Hawthorne spinning house, funk, soul, retro, and disco.
Honey Soundsystem Paradise Lounge. 8pm-2am. “Dance floor for dancers – sound system for lovers.” Got that?
Kick It Bar on Church. 9pm. Hip-hop with DJ Zax.
Religion Bar on Church. 3pm. With DJ Nikita.
Swing Out Sundays Rock-It Room. 7pm, free (dance lessons $15). DJ BeBop Burnie spins 20s through 50s swing, jive, and more.
MONDAY 17
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Songs for Snakes, Time Traveling Assassins, Bite El Rio. 7pm, $5.
Velvetwinos, Brian Ravizza Café Du Nord. 8pm, $10.
JAZZ/NEW MUSIC
Amiri Baraka and Roscoe Mitchell Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8 and 10pm, $12-18.
Lavay Smith Swinget with Jules Broussard Enrico’s, 504 Broadway, SF; (415) 982-6223. 7pm, free.
DANCE CLUBS
Black Gold Koko Cocktails, 1060 Geary, SF; (415) 885-4788. 10pm-2am, free. Senator Soul spins Detroit soul, Motown, New Orleans R&B, and more — all on 45!
Death Guild DNA Lounge. 9:30pm, $3-5. Gothic, industrial, and synthpop with Joe Radio, Decay, and Melting Girl.
Krazy Mondays Beauty Bar. 10pm, free. With DJs Ant-1, $ir-Tipp, Ruby Red I, Lo, and Gelo spinning hip hop.
M.O.M. Madrone Art Bar. 6pm, free. With DJ Gordo Cabeza and guests playing all Motown every Monday.
Manic Mondays Bar on Church. 9pm. Drink 80-cent cosmos with Djs Mark Andrus and Dangerous Dan.
Network Mondays Azul Lounge, One Tillman Pl, SF; www.inhousetalent.com. 9pm, $5. Hip-hop, R&B, and spoken word open mic, plus featured performers.
Skylarking Skylark. 10pm, free. With resident DJs I & I Vibration, Beatnok, and Mr. Lucky and weekly guest DJs.
TUESDAY 18
ROCK/BLUES/HIP-HOP
Defiance Ohio, Kimya Dawson, Songs for Moms Thee Parkside. 8pm, $8.
Entrance, 3 Leafs, Nectarine Pie, Moccretro Slim’s. 8pm, $5.
Era Escape, Tokyo Raid, DownDownDown Bottom of the Hill. 9pm, $8.
Moondoggies, Quiet Life Independent. 8pm, $12.
Ryp, Carmichael and the Frijalitas El Rio. 7pm, free.
Shants, Son Cats, Cave Country Hemlock Tavern. 9pm, $6.
Snoop Dogg Fillmore. 8pm, $37.50. FOLK/WORLD/COUNTRY Aurelio Martinez Group Yoshi’s San Francisco. 8pm, $20. Bhi Bhiman Revolution Café, 3248 22nd St, SF; (415) 642-0474. 8:30pm, free. JAZZ/NEW MUSIC Ricardo Scales Top of the Mark. 6:30pm, $5. Paula West and the George Mesterhazy Quartet Rrazz Room. 8pm, $35. DANCE CLUBS Alcoholocaust Presents Argus Lounge. 9pm, free. With DJ Big Dwayne and DJ Eye-Man. Brazilian Wax Elbo Room. 9pm, $7. With Grupo Das Sete featuring Eric Dos Santos, featuring DJs Carioca and P-Shot. Eclectic Company Skylark, 9pm, free. DJs Tones and Jaybee spin old school hip hop, bass, dub, glitch, and electro. Extra Classic DJ Night Little Baobab, 3388 19th St, SF; www.bissapbaobab.com. 10pm. Dub, roots, rockers, and reggae from the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Salem, Disco Shawn Rickshaw Stop. 8pm, $10. Share the Love Trigger, 2344 Market, SF; (415) 551-CLUB. 5pm, free. With DJ Pam Hubbuck spinning house. Womanizer Bar on Church. 9pm. With DJ Nuxx.